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EasyFT90x v7 Board Overview

The EasyFT90x v7 is a development board for FTDI's FT900 series of 32-bit microcontrollers. It comes with an FT900Q on a plug-in CPU module.

The FT90x family of microcontrollers can execute instructions from Shadow RAM, which enables them to operate with zero wait states at up to 100MHz. This translates into a processing speed of 310 DMIPS. The FT900 series takes advantage of that speed with an integrated camera interface. This board has a camera built in so you can experiment with that, along with many other modules and connectors, such as Ethernet, USB, CAN, audio, TFT touch screen, microSD, navigation switch, etc.

Two mikroBUS sockets enable you to add Click Boards easily. There are more than 100 different Click boards available, so if the EasyFT90x board doesn't have the interface or peripheral you want to work with, there's a good chance that you'll find a Click board that can add what you need.

The board features nine Input/Output PORT groups with IDC10 headers, buttons and LEDs.

No external programming hardware is required, for the board contains a built-in mikroProg fast USB 2.0 programmer and hardware debugger.

Feature

CPU Module

FT900Q 32-bit RISC microcontroller operating at 100 MHz with True Zero Wait States (up to 3.1 DMIPS per MHz performance) from 256KB of shadow memory. CPU also has 64KB on-chip data memory, an Ethernet interface, a parallel camera interface, USB2.0 High-Speed (480Mbps) host controller with BCD emulation, I2S master/slave interface (24.57/22.57MHz), 65 general-purpose I/O pins, four 16-bit timers with prescale and watchdog function, two 10-bit DACs, two programmable UARTs, seven PWM, master/slave I2C, one master and two slave SPI, and two CAN controllers. This CPU Module can be removed and placed into your own final project.

3.3V power supply

Board can be powered over USB cable or via an external power supply (barrel connector or screw terminals) at 9-32V DC or 7-23V AC.

mikroProg

The on-board mikroProg in-circuit debugger/programmer supports all of the FT90x microcontrollers from FTDI. It allows you to program the microcontroller on the board via USB cable. The board also allows for eFUSE programming which can be used when you're ready to deploy a final product and want to ensure the chip cannot be reprogrammed.

Ethernet connector

RJ45 connector gives you access to the on-chip Ethernet controller.

Audio connectors

3.5mm jacks enable you to connect headphones and a microphone to the on-board audio codec chip.

mikroBUS sockets

Two mikroBUS sockets allow you to use plug-and-play Click Boards to add peripheral functions.

Serial Flash

You can store up to 8 Mbits of data in the on-board M25P80 SPI Flash memory.

I2C EEPROM

You can store up to 8x256 bytes of configuration or other data into the on-board 24AA01 Serial EEPROM.

Stereo MP3 codec

The VS1053 MPEG audio codec with SPI interface is available for audio input and output. It supports many formats.

Temperature sensor support

The board has sockets for installing a DS1820 digital temperature sensor and an LM35 analog temperature sensor. One DS1820 is included in this kit.

microSD card slot

You can store large amounts of data externally on a microSD card using SPI communication. One 2GB card is included in this kit.

ADC potentiometers

You can simulate analog inputs using two provided analog potentiometers which can be connected to each of the 10 supported microcontroller analog input pins. Jumpers allow you to set which input pins they are connected to.

USB-UART connector

A USB connector with FTDI USB-UART chip allows you to connect the board to a PC or other devices via virtual serial ports.

You can connect this board as a slave to a PC or other USB Host via fast USB2.0 interface.

LCD with Touch Panel

The board includes a 320×240-pixel TFT color LCD with touch screen. A touch panel controller and a backlight controller are on board also. The TFT display can be replaced with a 128×64-pixel monochromatic GLCD (sold separately), for which a potentiometer is provided to set contrast level.

Camera

OVA767 CMOS sensor can record 30fps at VGA resolution (640×480). It's connected to the MCU through an 8-bit Parallel Camera Interface.

Navigation switch

This small joystick can be used for navigating on-screen menus or as a generic input device.

CAN controller

The board has an MCP2551 CAN controller and screw terminals.

Piezo buzzer

The piezo buzzer can be connected to two digital output pins, one of which is the PWM output.

Reset button

High-quality reset button and circuit ensures stable reset operation.

Tri-state DIP switches

Three-position DIP switches allow you to enable a 4K7 pull-up or pull-down resistor on any desired port pin.

Push buttons & LEDs

Buttons and LEDs in each input/output group enable you to have digital inputs on each port pin. That's 66 buttons & LEDs in total.

Button press level

Three-position DIP switches allow you to pull up or pull down the buttons in each input/output group.

Port headers

Two male IDC10 port headers are available for each input/output group — one row of headers on the bottom edge, one row on the right edge of the board. The exception is the I/O group to which the navigation switch is connected. Headers for that are available only on the right edge of the board.

Oscilloscope GND pins

Three GND pins are available on the board for easy connection to GND reference when using oscilloscope probes.

There are more than 160 accessory boards you can find among the mikroElektronika Accessory Boards category and its subcategories that contain add-ons that plug into the IDC10 and mikroBUS interfaces on the EasyFT90x board.

mikroPascal for FT90x Overview

mikroPascal PRO for FT90x features an intuitive IDE, a powerful compiler with advanced optimizations, lots of hardware and software libraries, and additional tools that will help you in your work. The compiler comes with a comprehensive Help file (700 pages) and lots of ready-to-use examples designed to get you started in no time.

Each compiler license includes free upgrades and tech support for the lifetime of the product. The software features a Live Update service so you can get new features and improvements instantly. It is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

The compiler is designed to be smart and efficient, so you can rely on it to do the hard work. It features four levels of optimizations that can reduce your code size up to 20 percent.

Please review the mikroPascal Page for a detailed list of features, documentation, and a downloadable demo version.